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                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, DC 20549

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
                     of the Investment Company Act of 1940


                                                                                                                     
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2. Date of Event Requiring    4. Issuer Name and Ticker or        6. If Amendment, Date 
     Hudson, Harris W.                        Statement                     Trading Symbol                      of Original
- ----------------------------------------      (Month/Day/Year)              Republic Services, Inc. RSG         (Month/Day/Year)
     (Last)     (First)     (Middle)            6/30/98                  ----------------------------------
     110 S.E. 6th Street                   ----------------------------  5. Relationship of Reporting        -----------------------
- ----------------------------------------   3. IRS Identification            Person to Issuer                 7. Individual or Joint/
             (Street)                         Number of Reporting           (Check all applicable)              Group Filing (Check
     Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301                Person, if an Entity         X   Director          10% Owner      applicable line)
- ----------------------------------------      (Voluntary)                -----            -----                X    Form filed by
      (City)      (State)      (Zip)       ----------------------------    X   Officer           Other       -----  One Reporting
                                                                         ----- (give      -----  (specify           Person
                                                                               title below)      below)             Form filed by
                                                                          Vice Chairmand and Secretary       -----  More than One
                                                                         ----------------------------------         Reporting Person
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                                      TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security                         2. Amount of Securities         3. Ownership Form:         4. Nature of Indirect     
    (Instr. 4)                                   Beneficially Owned              Direct (D) or              Beneficial    
                                                 (Instr. 4)                      Indirect (I)               Ownership (Instr. 4)
                                                                                 (Instr. 5)                 
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                   (Over)
                                                   (Print or Type Responses)                  
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect (Instr. 4) Exercisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5) (Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Year) Deri- ative vative Security: Security Direct ------------------------------------------------- (D) or Date Expira- Amount or Indirect Exercis- tion Title Number (I) able Date of Shares (Instr. 5) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: /s/ Harry W. Hudson 6/30/98 **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ------------------------------- ------------------ Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. (Print or Type Responses)